Thanks everyone :) I had to take a month off work and put a deposit in my new place, PLUS pay for car insurance and my Banff trip, song actually have no idea how I'm going to pay my $700 CAD rent this weekend. I got a second job, so I'll be working 6-7 days a week starting June 25, but until then I'...

The crutches thing is tough, as I can't carry anything. I really should have picked up a backpack! And I can't get up too quick for Django. I have had a lot of trouble sleeping, I've maybe amassed 10 hours total in the last week. There's a lot of light dozing at night without ever falling completely...

Today wasn't so bad. The pain is just about managed with Advil now thanks all!

On my way back home! Knee feels ok, and I'm a ninja on crutches

Feeling queasy from lying in the back seat...oy.

Will give a better update when I'm home.

lOl boots. That's terrible! Yes I'm sure they got the right left leg the other knee is being done next year.

Here's my face...see the sides? Like I have gills

Oh, I forgot to say that yesterday before the other symptoms, the dr thought because of the facial swelling and headache, I should be tested for mumps and mono, and put into a private room as a precaution. Bloodwork came back negative so now I'm in a private room which C is lovely. I feel crappy and...

Heh guys :) I started to get very dizzy, lightheaded and nauseous yesterday around noon. My left eye went blurry, and then an hour later my right eye did the same. I felt like adrenaline was constantly pushing through my body, and felt very very weak. The Dr who was covering my case did a full exam ...

Update: Post-op Day 2 So yesterday and overnight was terrible. Between my facial swelling, laryngitis and the horrific pain, I am miserable. Once my pain got out of control yesterday afternoon, it never got back under control until the ER Doctor approved a 5 mg dose of IM morphine. Surprisingly, the...

No I am alone at home and on the bus ride back. Might be tricky but ill manage

No makeup and day old hair! Maybe I should say no to makeup for a while!?

Here are my surgical scars for today. I counted 8 or 9. https://www.facebook.com/jamie.d.hoare/posts/10153469111026556

Thanks you guys! I am so glad to be able to check in and read your messages. I'm all by myself at the hospital this surgery so it makes me feel much less alone

KathyK, you're too kind. General anesthetic has always gone smoothly for me. It's just pain post op that never works once I'm awake!

Thanks for everyone's jingles!

I did the thing! Surgery took just over 3 hours, and I was in recovery for 1.5. When I woke up, just like last time, there was absolutely no pain control. I felt like my leg was run over by a harrow and then set on fire. They used hydromorphone, fentanyl, tramacet, naprosyn, percocets and finally De...

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Morning! Today's the big day :o I had to travel into a different province (Alberta) in order to have this surgery by one of the only surgeons in North America qualified to do this procedure. I left on the Greyhound bus at 11:50 PM, slept the entire way on the bus and arrived at Banff Mineral Springs...

Thanks you guys 4 sleeps until Banff. Starting to get anxious!

I haven't forayed into the training forums yet but will soon!

I will look into that for sure! It's a very painful surgery so I won't likely be up and about at all for the first 6 days, just to the bathroom and back. Or maybe they'll let me stay in hospital until I can move into my place- the normal stay is 2 nights, and for me since I'm travelling alone and ho...

So nice to hear from you guys! Orono and Mountaineer, I sm sorry for the loss of your parents as well. Hugs all around. It's a shock that's for sure. The current tenant does not move out until the last weekend in May, and I get back from Banff surgery on May 28th. She'll be in there for 3 days past ...

Nice to find y'all again :) Many updates - I am having another knee reconstruction (double patellar realignment with cadaver grafts) next wednesday. My mother died suddenly and horribly 1 week before my birthday in April, and I am moving to a new town the day after my knee surgery. Tell me it's goin...